Luke Perry

The intense and brooding Luke Perry was living proof that there existed a substantial, more rewarding second act for an actor supposedly pigeon-holed as a teen heartthrob in the public's often unforgi...
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Taylor Swift has landed another major accolade after she was named the Woman of the Year at the Elle Style Awards in London, a year after her pop rival Katy Perry picked up the trophy. Just a day after she landed the Global Recording Artist of the Year from bosses at international trade group IFPI, and 24 hours before she's hoping to pick up a Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist, Swift claimed her latest honour on Tuesday night (24Feb15).
Sam Smith, who presented the award to his pal, was also a winner, claiming the night's Musician of the Year prize, while TV and music mogul Simon Cowell was recognised for his outstanding contribution to entertainment, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was named Model of the Year.
Meanwhile, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cara Delevingne, Diane Kruger and Luke Evans landed the Elle Style Awards acting trophies, and shoe designer Manolo Blahnik was presented with a lifetime achievement award.
The full list of winners is:
Editor's Choice: Christopher Bailey
Emerging Designer: Ashley Williams
Musician of the Year: Sam Smith
Contemporary Brand: MARC by Marc Jacobs Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley
Model of the Year: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
TV Actress: Maggie Gyllenhaal
H&M Conscious Award: Lily Cole
Rising Star: Rebel Wilson
Accessories Designer: Stuart Vevers
Lifetime Achievement Award: Manolo Blahnik
Actor of the Year: Luke Evans
Breakthrough Actress: Cara Delevingne
Red Carpet Designer: Mary Katrantzou
Film Actress: Diane Kruger
Designer of the Year: Erdem
Outstanding Contribution to Entertainment: Simon Cowell
Woman of the Year: Taylor Swift.

Miranda Lambert looks set to dominate the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards after scooping eight nominations on Friday (30Jan15). The Mama's Broken Heart hitmaker earned her ninth consecutive nod for Female Vocalist of the Year, and will defend her title against competition from Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark and Martina McBride.
She also landed nods for Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year for Platinum, both Song and Single Record of the Year for her track Automatic plus Video and Vocal Event of the Year for her duet with Carrie Underwood, Somethin' Bad.
Dierks Bentley follows closely behind with seven nominations, and will go up against Lambert's husband Blake Shelton, as well as Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, for the Male Vocalist of the Year title.
Bentley is also up for Entertainer of the Year alongside Lambert, Jason Aldean, Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan and band Florida Georgia Line, who earned five nominations, including Vocal Duo of the Year.
Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry and the Zac Brown Band are up for Vocal Group of the Year, while Album of the Year contenders alongside Lambert include Jason Aldean (Old Boots, New Dirt), Little Big Town (Pain Killer), Dierks Bentley (Riser) and Eric Church (The Outsiders).
Lambert and Bentley will go head to head for the Song of the Year title alongside Kacey Musgraves (Follow Your Arrow), Eric Church (Give Me Back My Hometown), Luke Bryan (Drink A Beer) and Kenny Chesney (American Kids).
Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan will return as hosts for the third year when the winners are announced in Arlington, Texas on 19 April (15).

Country star Luke Bryan has been named the most-searched subject on Ticketmaster.com in 2014, ahead of One Direction. Fans searching for tours and merchandise for the That's My Kind of Night hitmaker flooded the online ticketing website last year (14), more so than devotees of One Direction or Garth Brooks, who places third on the annual poll.
Beyonce and World Wrestling Entertainment also proved to be hot topics in the past 12 months, at four and five respectively, while Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, 5 Seconds of Summer, Justin Timberlake and Eminem also feature in the top 20.

Pop stars One Direction have beaten country music veteran George Strait to be named North America's top-selling live act of 2014 in a new end-of-year poll. The popularity of the boyband's Where We Are Tour helped them top the StubHub.com countdown, which is based on overall sales figures for artists' tours in the past 12 months.
Strait nabs second place, thanks to his record-breaking final farewell concert in Arlington, Texas in June (14), when the retiring star drew an estimated crowd of 105,000 - making it the largest attendance for an indoor gig in North America.
According to StubHub representative Glen Lehrman, more tickets were sold for Strait's last show than that combined for concerts by Luke Bryan and Justin Timberlake, who place third and fourth, respectively, on the list.
Beyonce and Jay Z's On The Run tour is at five, while Billy Joel, Bruno Mars and Katy Perry also feature in the top 10.

One Direction had a night to remember at the 2014 American Music Awards on Sunday (23Nov14) after walking away with a trio of top honors, including Artist of the Year.
The British/Irish stars claimed the first prize of the Los Angeles event for Favorite Band, Duo Or Group - Pop/Rock and then added Favorite Pop/Rock Album for Midnight Memories and Artist of the Year, just hours after learning its new release Four had hit the top of the U.K. albums chart.
Accepting the first title, Liam Payne told the audience, "It's been a real perfect (sic) day for us, our album's just come out and we got a number one in the U.K. and now we're stood here with an AMA. "It's absolutely amazing... America feels like a second home to us now, it's been amazing how well we've been received out here so thank you so, so much."
Katy Perry was also a triple winner - she and Sam Smith reigned supreme as the favorite pop/rock solo artists, with the Firework hitmaker accepting her award in a pre-taped speech from Australia, where she is currently on tour. She also claimed Single of the Year for Dark Horse and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.
Iggy Azalea, who led the nominees with six, only walked away with two trophies after beating Drake and Eminem in both the rap/hip-hop categories for best artist and best album for her debut The New Classic.
Music legend Diana Ross was on hand to pay tribute to "the beautiful and talented" Taylor Swift, who she branded "a true superstar" as she presented the 24 year old with the inaugural Dick Clark Award for Excellence, an accolade named after beloved late TV and radio host Dick Clark.
Paying back the compliments in her acceptance speech, Swift said, "I'm so blown away to have just received an award from Diana Ross who, just over the course of her career, stood up for herself in a time when it was not popular for a woman to stand up for herself. I'm so honored. Thank you for coming, you're beautiful. "Dick Clark was a visionary... I'm so unbelievably ecstatic that his family chose to honor me and that the AMAs chose to honor me with this."
Swift also underlined her argument for recently removing her songs from music-streaming service Spotify, telling her fans, "Lastly you, you guys. To the fans who went out and bought over a million copies of my last three albums, what you did by going out and investing in music and albums, is you are saying you believe in the same thing that I believe in, that music is valuable, and that music should be consumed in albums and that albums should be consumed as art and appreciated, and I appreciate you so much."
Swift kicked off the ceremony with the first live performance of her new song Blank Space, but the show was all about collaborations between the likes of Sam Smith and A$AP Rocky, Magic! and Wyclef Jean, Lil Wayne and his rumored girlfriend Christina Milian, event host Pitbull and Ne-Yo, Bang Bang stars Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande and Jessie J, and Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea, who closed out the big show with a sexy rendition of Booty.
Other performance highlights at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live came from One Direction, New Artist of the Year winners 5 Seconds of Summer, Lorde, Fergie and Selena Gomez, who poured out her emotions in The Heart Wants What It Wants, about her on/off relationship with Justin Bieber.
The ceremony was hosted by rapper Pitbull for the second consecutive year.
The full list of winners at the 2014 American Music Awards is:
Artist of the Year: One Direction
New Artist of the Year: 5 Seconds of Summer
Single of the Year: Katy Perry, Dark Horse
Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock: Sam Smith
Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock: Katy Perry
Favorite Band, Duo Or Group - Pop/Rock: One Direction
Favorite Pop/Rock Album: One Direction, Midnight Memories
Favorite Male Artist - Country: Luke Bryan
Favorite Female Artist - Country: Carrie Underwood
Favorite Band, Duo Or Group - Country: Florida Georgia Line
Favorite Country Album: Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Iggy Azalea
Favorite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop: Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Favorite Male Artist - Soul/R&amp;B: John Legend
Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&amp;B: Beyonce
Favorite Soul/R&amp;B Album: Beyonce, Beyonce
Favorite Alternative Artist: Imagine Dragons
Favorite Latin Artist: Enrique Iglesias
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist: Katy Perry
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Casting Crowns
Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist: Calvin Harris
Top Soundtrack: Frozen

Miranda Lambert was crowned the queen of country music after taking home four trophies at the 2014 CMA Awards on Wednesday night (05Nov14).
The Mama's Broken Heart singer picked up almost half of her nine nominations, including her fifth consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year prize. Lambert also nabbed Album of the Year for Platinum, and Single of the Year (Automatic). She also scored the Musical Event of the Year award for her we Were Us collaboration with Keith Urban.
The night's other big winner was Luke Bryan, who took home the coveted Entertainer of the Year honor. Lambert's husband Blake Shelton added another trophy to the couple's collection after he was named Male Vocalist of the Year for the fifth time.
Other victors included Little Big Town (Vocal Group of the Year), Florida Georgia Line (Vocal Duo of the Year), and Kacey Musgraves, who took home the Song of the Year award for Follow Your Arrow.
Vince Gill picked up a special award recognising his impact on country music - the Irving Waugh Award of Excellence has only been given to one other person - late legend Johnny Cash.
The evening at Nashville, Tennessee's Bridgestone Arena kicked off with two high-energy performances from Kenny Chesney and Lambert, who teamed up with Meghan Trainor for a rendition of her number one hit All About That Bass. Co-hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley each took the stage to perform their latest singles, and there were also sets from Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, and a duet from Eric Church and George Strait.
Other performances came from The Band Perry, who honoured ailing country music icon Glen Campbell by singing his song Gentle On My Mind, while Little Big Town joined Ariana Grande to sing her hit Bang Bang.
Musgraves surprised the audience by bringing country icon Loretta Lynn onstage for a rendition of her 1971 hit You're Lookin' at Country, and The Doobie Brothers were joined by Hunter Hayes, Jennifer Nettles and Hillary Scott for two renditions of the Michael McDonald-led band's hits.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, actresses Connie Britton and Lucy Hale, and supermodel Lily Aldridge were among the presenters at the ceremony.
The full list of winners for the 2014 Country Music Association Awards is as follows:
Entertainer of the Year: Luke Bryan
Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
New Artist of the Year: Brett Eldredge
Album of the Year: Platinum - Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year: Follow Your Arrow - Kacey Musgraves
Single of the Year: Automatic - Miranda Lambert
Music Video of the Year: Drunk on a Plane - Dierks Bentley
Musical Event of the Year: We Were Us - Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally, Guitar

Pop stars Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Lily Allen and Katy Perry got into the Halloween spirit on Friday by donning costumes and posting photos online. Beyonce channelled Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation look for her trick-or-treat day attire, which she unveiled at a Power 1051.1 Powerhouse event in New York on Thursday night (30Oct14), while her daughter Blue Ivy donned a Michael Jackson-inspired costume, complete with a mini red military jacket, black fedora, matching sunglasses and white gloves.
Perry and Allen also got a jump on the spookiest day of the year by attending actress Kate Hudson's Thursday night party as a Flaming Hot Cheeto snack and a midriff-baring gynaecologist, respectively.
Allen's surgeon donned scrubs, a stethoscope and a name badge that read 'Dr. Luke' - a nod to top hitmaker and producer Lukasz Gottwald.
Meanwhile, Swift posted a shot of herself dressed up like a mystical "pegacorn" - a flying unicorn - on Friday morning (31Oct14). She added the caption, "Cause, darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a PEGACORN. #HappyHalloween!"
Madonna's ex-husband Guy Ritchie and their son Rocco also dressed up for a Halloween party in London - the father and son went as Breaking Bad characters Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, and U.S. comedienne Ellen DeGeneres opened her Halloween TV special as George Clooney's new bride Amal.
Carrying a blow-up dummy with Clooney's face pasted on the head, DeGeneres greeted her studio audience and said, "Happy Halloween! You can probably tell who I am. I'm Amal, the luckiest woman in the world, Mrs. George Clooney."
The lesbian star, who hosted the 2014 Oscars, then quipped, "I like Halloween because it's the one time of year you can dress up however you want, and pretend you're someone you'd never be in real life. For me, that's married to a man."
She was joined on the show by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who came dressed as Star Wars character Boba Fett and explained he had never been trick-or-treating.
He said, "It's kind of catching on now (in England), but when I was a kid it was really not big, for whatever reason. I've never been trick-or-treating in my life, which is a fact that sort of amazes a lot of people and I think I'm maybe missing out a little bit."
Australian pop star Kylie Minogue also got into the Halloween spirit ahead of her Friday night gig in Kaunas, Lithuania by donning skeletal Day of the Dead face paint for the show's soundcheck. She posted a creepy picture of herself on Twitter.com.

One Direction, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and the Rolling Stones are among the headliners who will compete for major prizes at the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards. One Direction and Timberlake will compete with the Eagles for the Top Tour trophy, while the two acts will battle country star Luke Bryan for the coveted Top Draw award when the prizes are handed out in New York on 20 November (14).
Arcade Fire, Florida Georgia Line, Sir Paul McCartney and Jason Aldean are also up for top trophies.
Arcade Fire and Florida Georgia Line will take on OneRepublic for the Breakthrough Award, while Lollapalooza in Chicago, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California and the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas will compete for Best Festival.
The most interesting category of all is the fight for this year's Top Boxscore title as it features old rivals McCartney and the Rolling Stones, who sold out the Tokyo Dome in Japan over three nights in November, 2013 and February and March (14), respectively. They will battle One Direction, who packed out Dublin's Croke Park in Ireland in May (14), for the prize.

Had leading role in "The Enemy"; aired on HBO in lieu of a theatrical release

Feature film debut in "Terminal Bliss"

Moved to Los Angeles shortly after graduating high school

Reunites with former 90210 sweetie Jennie Garth on the WB comedy "What I Like About You"; will guest star in the final two episodes of the season

Played the straight-laced Brad Majors in the Broadway revival of "The Rocky Horror Show" (replacing Jarod Emick)

Briefly appeared on another daytime soap opera, "Another World"; also did ads for Levi's 501 jeans

Co-starred with Malcolm-Jamal Warner in the Showtime sci-fi series "Jeremiah"

Summary

The intense and brooding Luke Perry was living proof that there existed a substantial, more rewarding second act for an actor supposedly pigeon-holed as a teen heartthrob in the public's often unforgiving mind. The former "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox, 1990-2000) bad boy who, along with co-star Jason Priestley, single-handedly re-introduced the 1950s James Dean sideburns/slicked pompadour to the fashion-challenged 1990s, managed to successfully segue from dreamy troubled teen to dependable leading man and character actor by successfully taking on a variety of roles since his "90210" heyday.

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Ann Bennett

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Divorced Perry's father when he was six; Married Steve Bennett c. 1978

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Musing over his success in "Beverly Hills 90210", Perry noted, "It beats other jobs I've had. Kissing girls for a living is not a bad way to go." --From US, September 1991

"I got a letter the other day from a girl who mentioned the show we did on parental drug abuse. She wrote about catching her father freebasing in the basement. I get letters like that all the time, from people all over the country." --Luke Perry quoted in PEOPLE, September 9, 1991